blind alley

Questions about blind alley

What does blind alley mean?

blind alley means "a street with only one way in or out". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for blind alley?

Close synonyms include cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blind alley a common word?

blind alley is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.